The wedding ceremony was conducted with the bride and groom doing the three bows, one to the heaven, one to their parents and one to each other.Xing watching them remembered the day Chenglie and her did the three bows. She didn"t realise what that was then... But he did, didn"t he? That guy, tricked me into marrying him! She smiled and her eyes started to cloud and she controlled herself from crying.
The bride was sent to the bridal chambers and the banquet started with a separate hall for the family. The Emperor was with her brother playing some drinking games with Zhong Huojin and some other men from the other n.o.ble families.
Xing noticed Lady Zhong and naturally went to her side to sit. MingXue didn"t attend the wedding because she had a serious morning sickness and she was told by the doctors to rest at home.
It was hard for Xing to see the elegant Lady Zhong who looked like she had now given up taking care of herself. She had aged a decade and she looked frail and dull and Xing started advising her the same way she advised her to take care of herself and how her sons would still want her to be healthy and want her to raise their children and all. Lady Zhong patted Xing"s cheek and smiled accepting what she said.
"You"ve grown up!", Lady Zhong said smiling, "I"m glad". "Seiren said you visited his grave first thing after you got back after the war", she added, "He would be really proud of you... He always was...", she patted her head.
Xing could understand how much Lady Zhong misses that Oldman by her mentioning him at least once in each sentence and the way she tried to hold back from talking about him but her inability to do so.
Ah! The pain she must feel for her to live alone without the one who had held her hand through thick and thin all these years! To suddenly lose all that warmth a spouse would give! Won"t she be reminded by everything around her that once belonged to him that he is not here anymore?
Xing felt her scalp go numb thinking what she would do if anything happens to Chenglie. She"d prefer to die first than watching him die and she won"t live even one second more than him...without him..!
"Tanako seems to be suitable for the Huang family", Lady Zhong told her. She seemed to be kind and n.o.ble.
" Yes, she has the looks for our family, right? And the t.i.tle... ", Xing said with a sneer surprising Lady Zhong. She had never seen Xing being this dismissive of someone especially a lady, before.
Did she just say apart from her good looks and her t.i.tle of Princess, her sister-in-law is nothing?
Before she knew it, Xing was almost drunk as noted by AoTian and her father stopped her from drinking further and sent all the wine jars away from her reach. Who knows what words might come out from his adorable daughter"s mouth when she gets too drunk?
Rijun who was almost drunk was sent to the wedding chambers to his wife for removing the veil and the Emperor and the others were getting ready for disturbing the wedding chambers.
Zhong Huojin sent his mother home in a carriage and Xing was talking to Xu Mama who was really pleased to see her after a while. She felt bad seeing her young miss who seemed to have lost weight and concealed a lot of sadness in her eyes.
"I really miss him, Xu mama. I want him by my side... ", she leaned on her in her half drunken state. After their encounter in the Eastern Borders, she have yet to hear a single news about Chenglie. Even the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor who was charged by his descendant to watch over him had lost him because he was distracted which he tactfully hid from Xing. After she heard about the Ouyang family from him, she sent back the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor on a mission to find where Chenglie is and to stay by his side to protect him.
Mo Chen was sitting beside the Emperor having an eye on Xing as he didn"t like that other guy eying her. Ying Ryuga was there as an amba.s.sador of the Water Kingdom to greet the Emperor and he joined the family Banquet too.
Takanas.h.i.+ looked at Xing talking to Xu mama and her face revealed a beautiful emotion he had never seen on any other woman before. Her cheeks had a reddish tint due to her drunkenness and the red phoenix robes she was wearing contrasted her pale complexion making it look like snow. Her golden hair had a beautiful l.u.s.tre to it and her dark eyes gleamed beautifully and her red cherry lips were inviting.
He looked at the Emperor out there discussing how to disturb his friend"s wedding night and wondered how a man could bear to not touch her all the time. She looked so alluring!
If she were mine, I won"t be able to resist touching her all the time! Yes... If she were mine..... At least for a night!
Takanas.h.i.+ got near her, "Sister-in-law !", he called her and when Xing turned to look at him he offered her a cup of wine.
Everyone around them were dumbfounded by the bold move of that man who is trying to court death. AoTian gritted his teeth to see him trying to be frivolous to his daughter in his own home and the Emperor wasn"t that worried since he knew he won"t succeed. Ying Ryuga was fisting his hands, watching that lecher leering at her and he stood up to stop him from doing something stupid.
But for Takanas.h.i.+, Her watery eyes that were half closed and her red lips were slightly parted and her blushed face, made his throat go dry. He forgot where he was and that there are people around him and before he knew it, he was stretching his hand towards her slightly exposed neck and bending towards her face.... He wanted that lips...
The next thing he felt was not a soft sensation in his lips but a numbing pain in his chest and his knees hurt a lot as he fell on the floor on his knees and he felt like his entire body is being pressed under a huge rock as he could not lift his head that was touching the floor.
"Kei Takanas.h.i.+!", bellowed the one whose eyes were golden like the sun at noon... Blindingly bright..!
" Know what you did wrong?"
He tried to lift his head but he could not win against the force exerted on him and his nose started to bleed.
"Answer me!", she shouted and the entire hall went silent. Mo Chen stood near her grumbling, asking her permission to tear him to pieces even though he didn"t understand why she is mad.
Some of the servants brought from the Water Kingdom ran to the bridal chambers to inform the bride about her brother"s plight as they knew the situation got worse.
"Your Highness, I was wrong to not address you properly", he spoke. He felt like all the air in his air is being sucked out of his lungs.
"For only that?", Xing wanted to crush his skull. She wondered how foolish he must be to fall in her hands by himself trying to touch her in front of her entire family and the Emperor.
Was he possessed? Or is he just a l.u.s.tful fool?
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"What is going on?", Rijun who was clearly p.i.s.sed being disturbed, made his entry, followed by Takano.
Everyone"s eyes focused on him to see how he would react.